Colm Begley

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Colm Begley

Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-08-31) 31 August 1986
Place of birth	Ireland
Original team	Laois (Gaelic football)
Draft	International rookie Brisbane Lions 83rd overall, 2008 St Kilda
Debut	2006, Brisbane Lions v. Melbourne Demons NAB quarter final, at Telstra Dome
Height/Weight	188cm / 83 kg
Playing career¹
St Kilda (2009) 1 Game, 0 Goals Brisbane Lions (2006–2008) 29 Games, 7 Goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2008 season.
Career highlights
St Kilda Minor Premiership Side 2009 International Rules Series U19's – 2005, 2006 2008 Brisbane Lions, Rookie Of The Year 2007

Colm Begley
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic Football
Position	Wing Back
Born	(1986-08-31) 31 August 1986 Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Stradbally Parnells
Club Titles
Laois titles	1
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	DCU
College titles
Sigerson titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2005–2006 2010–	Laois Laois

Begley at training prior to the 2009 AFL Grand Final

Colm Begley (born 31 August 1986) is an Irish Gaelic football player. He has also played Australian rules football for the St Kilda Football Club and the Brisbane Lions of the Australian Football League (AFL).

Recruitment

Begley was scouted by the Lions football manager Graeme Allan, along with several other potential recruits during a training camp in Ireland, having previously witnessed a near best on ground performance from the young Irishman in the Under 19s International Rules series playing for Ireland against Australia. Begley was later persuaded to move to Australia as a rookie listed professional Australian rules footballer in 2005.

AFL career

Brisbane Lions

Begley played his very first game of Australian rules immediately after moving from Ireland to Australia in 2006. In just his third game weeks later, he lined up in a NAB Cup quarter final. In that game he picked up a total of six possessions and one mark whilst playing on Melbourne speedster Aaron Davey.

He was later elevated to the senior list during the regular season when the Lions suffered a string of injuries. In his senior debut against the West Coast Eagles he gathered seven possessions, seven marks and two hitouts, lining up on Brownlow Medallist Chris Judd. At the end of the season he was retained by the club as a rookie listed player.

Following his good form through the 2007 NAB Cup, Begley was once again elevated onto the Brisbane Lions' senior playing list and was soon after named on the interchange bench in the Lions' first game for the season. He was soon playing regularly for the Lions.^[1] Begley was named the club's Rookie Of The Year in 2007.^[2] His rise after such a short time playing the sport was described as 'remarkable'.^[3] However, Brisbane opted not to offer him a new contract for the 2009 season following an injury ravaged 2008 which restricted him to only eight appearances.^[2]

Begley represented Ireland in the senior 2008 International Rules Series with rumours of his delisting circulating; many commentators claimed that he was playing for his career.^[4] During this time he said that if his AFL career was over he would return to play Gaelic football with Laois.^[5] He appeared in both matches in the series, which Ireland won.

St Kilda

In the hope that he would be redrafted, Begley trained with Collingwood prior to the 2008 AFL Draft. He was eventually selected by St Kilda at pick 83.^[6]

Begley played in only one of the 22 matches of the 2009 AFL season home and away rounds in which St Kilda qualified in first position for the finals, winning the club’s third minor premiership.^[7]

After the 2009 AFL season, Begley retired from the AFL, announcing his desire to return to Ireland.^[8]

Return to Ireland and senior Gaelic football

Begley is currently playing for Dublin side Parnells and has returned to inter-county football with his native Laois.

References

↑ AFL Tables - Colm Begley - Statistics. Stats.rleague.com (1986-08-31). Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
↑ 2.0 2.1 GAA Football & Hurling. Hoganstand.com. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
↑ "Brisbane Lions axe Irishman Begley". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 October 2008.
↑ Why Begley needs to have day in the sun - Gaelic Football, Sport. Independent.ie. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
↑ Begley not ruling out possible return to Laois - Gaelic Football, Sport. Independent.ie. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
↑ "Selection 83: Colm Begley". http://www.afl.com.au// Australian Football League. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
↑ "2009 Season Scores and Results – Ladder". AFL Tables. 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
↑ "Begley calls time on AFL career". The Irish Times (21 October 2009). Retrieved on 22 September 2011.

External links

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Colm Begley's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions
Colm Begley's statistics from AFL Tables
Brisbane Lions sign Irish duo and look to forge closer ties
Irish rookie debuts for Lions
Begley elevated to senior list
Irish International Begley hits the bigtime
Laois GAA Website

v t e Laois – 2003 All Ireland Minor Football Champions (3rd title)

1 C. Gorman 2 C. Healy 3 C. Ryan 4 R. Stapleton 5 P. O'Leary 6 C. Begley 7 N. Donoher 8 B. Quigley 9 C. Rogers (c) 10 C. Bergin 11 Colm Kelly (Stradbally) 12 P. McNulty 13 M. J. Tierney 14 D. Brennan 15 Colm Kelly (St Josephs) Manager S. Dempsey

v t e 2008 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Jack Watts 2. Nic Naitanui 3. Stephen Hill 4. Hamish Hartlett 5. Michael Hurley 6. Chris Yarran 7. Daniel Rich 8. Tyrone Vickery 9. Jack Ziebell 10. Phil Davis 11. Steele Sidebottom 12. Lewis Johnston 13. Tom Lynch 14. Ayce Cordy (F/S) 15. Mitchell Brown 16. Ryan Schoenmakers 17. Sam Blease (PP) 18. Luke Shuey (PP)

Second round	19. James Strauss 20. Tom Swift 21. Hayden Ballantyne 22. Jackson Trengove 23. David Zaharakis 24. Nick Suban 25. Jack Redden 26. Jayden Post 27. Sam Wright 28. Shaun McKernan 29. Dayne Beams 30. Daniel Hannebery 31. Jordan Roughead 32. Liam Jones 33. Thomas Gillies 34. Liam Shiels

Third round	35. Jamie Bennell 36. Ashley Smith 37. Zac Clarke 38. Matthew Broadbent 39. Steven Motlop 40. Mitch Robinson 41. Todd Banfield 42. Mitchell Banner 43. Liam Anthony 44. Rory Sloane 45. Jarrad Blight 46. Luke Rounds 47. Rhys Stanley 48. Nicholas Heyne 49. Taylor Hunt 50. Jordan Lisle

Fourth round	51. Neville Jetta 52. Jordan Jones 53. Michael Walters 54. Jarrad Redden 55. Michael Still 56. Ben Bucovaz 57. Aaron Cornelius 58. Tom Hislop 59. Nathan O'Keefe 60. Tom Lee 61. Campbell Heath 62. Alistair Smith 63. Luke Lowden

Fifth round	64. Rohan Bail 65. Rhys O'Keeffe 66. Glenn Dawson 67. Tyson Slattery 68. Tim Ruffles 69. Bart McCulloch 71. Warren Benjamin 72. Will Young 73. Leigh Brown 74. Paul Cahill 75. Shane Savage

Sixth round	77. Chris Hall 78. Jason Davenport 80. Caleb Tiller 81. Kieran King 83. Colm Begley

Ireland Football Squads

Ireland football team – 2008 International Rules Series

Subs: Paul Finlay; M. McGrath; K. Young

Standby players: A. Carr; R. Clarke; C. Gormley; K. McCloy

Coach: S. Boylan

Selectors: A. Tohill; H. Kenny; E. Liston

Runner: S. M. Lockhart
Other backroom members: T. Kennelly; T. Brennan; M. McGurn

(Team as of 24 October 2008 versus Australia)

Ireland football team – 2010 International Rules Series

1 S. Cluxton
2 C. Begley
3 B. Brogan
4 G. Canty
5 S. Cavanagh (c)
6 M. Clarke
7 B. Donaghy
8 L. Glynn
9 D. Goulding
10 F. Hanley (vc)
11 J. Kavanagh
12 P. Keenan
13 T. Kennelly
14 S. McDermott
15 S. McDonnell
16 C. McKeever
17 K. McKernan
18 B. Murphy
19 M. Murphy
20 K. Reilly
21 M. Shields
22 T. Walsh
23 E. Bolton
26 B. Coulter

Standby players

24 G. Brennan
25 G. Connaughton
27 E. Fennell
28 J. McCarthy
29 N. McNamee

Coach: A. Tohill

Selectors: S. de Paor; E. Liston; K. O'Brien

v t e Ireland football team – 2011 International Rules Series

1 Cluxton (c) 2 Begley 3 Bolton 4 Cadogan 5 Callaghan 6 Donaghy 7 Glynn 8 F. Hanley 9 P. Hanley 11 Hughes 13 Kelly 14 Kennelly 15 Lacey 16 McDonnell 18 McKeever (vc) 19 McKernan 20 McMahon 21 McGee 22 B. Murphy 23 M. Murphy 27 Reilly 28 Tuohy 31 Walsh Coach Tohill

v t e Ireland football team – 2013 International Rules Series

1 O'Rourke 2 Begley 3 Boyle 4 Byrne 5 Cavanagh 6 Conroy 7 Doyle 8 Flynn 9 Hanley 12 Keegan 13 Kilkenny 14 McBrearty 15 McCaffrey 17 McGee 18 McKaigue 19 McKeever 20 McLoughlin 21 McManus 22 Munnelly 23 Murphy (c) 24 O'Shea 25 Sheehan 26 Shields 27 Tuohy 28 Walsh (vc) Coach Earley

Persondata
Name	Begley, Colm
Alternative names	Colm Ó Beaglaoich
Short description	Gaelic footballer and Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	31 August 1986
Place of birth	Ireland
Date of death
Place of death

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